CURRENT PUBLICATIONS
Jewish Libya: Memory & Identity in Text and Image
A Jewish population had a millennia-old presence in Libya until about 1967 after most migrated to Israel or Italy. Jewish…
Rush
In addition to being a founding father and signatory of the Declaration of Independence, Benjamin Rush, Class of 1760 was…
The Spectre of Race: How Discrimination Haunts Western Democracy
The increasing xenophobia in America and Europe has some worried that democracy is threatened, but The Spectre of Race (Princeton…
Greenberg’s Guide to Lionel Trains, 0 Gauge, Volume 1: 1915-1928
Bruce Greenberg ’65 adds to his research on Lionel trains through his new book, Greenberg’s Guide to Lionel Trains, 0…
A Conversation Larger Than the Universe: Readings in Science Fiction and the Fantastic
In A Conversation Larger Than the Universe (The Grolier Club), Henry Wessells ’83 presents a history of science fiction through…
Drawing after Architecture: Renaissance Architectural Drawings and Their Reception
In Drawing after Architecture (Marsilio), Yerkes examines how Renaissance architects used images to explore structures, create biographies and write history…
How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective
The Combahee River Collective, a group of radical black feminists, developed out of the antiracist and women’s liberation movements of…
Chinese Literary Forms in Heian Japan: Poetics and Practice
In Chinese Literary Forms in Heian Japan (Harvard University Press), Steininger looks at how literary Chinese was used as a…
The Life and Death of Latisha King: A Critical Phenomenology of Transphobia
Salamon’s new book, The Life and Death of Latisha King (NYU Press), examines a single event that occurred in a…
The Eclipse of the Utopias of Labor
Since industrialization, the definition of labor and meaningful work has shifted dramatically. In The Eclipse of the Utopias of Labor…
May We Forever Stand: A History of the Black National Anthem
“Lift Every Voice and Sing,” also often referred to as the Black National Anthem, was written over a century ago…
An American Language: The History of Spanish in the United States
Lozano’s new book, An American Language (University of California Press) offers readers a new look at how the Spanish language…
Not Composed in a Chance Manner: The Epitaphios for Manuel I Komnenos by Eustathios of Thessalonike
One of the longest political eulogies of the Byzantine Era, the “Epitaphios” for the emperor Manuel I Komnenenos was delivered…
The Old Familiar Places: The Life and Letters of Frederic E. Fox, the Spirit of Princeton
Frederick Fox ’39 corresponded with alumni from many different generations in his roles as the University’s recording secretary and Keeper…
The Chinese Must Go: Violence, Exclusion, and the Making of the Alien in America
In 1885, the American West experienced anti-Chinese violence, where communities throughout California and the Pacific Northwest assaulted, killed, and expelled…
Coming of Age in Medieval Egypt: Female Adolescence, Jewish Law, and Ordinary Culture
Near eastern studies professor Eve Krakowski investigates girls preparing to marry and become adults in the medieval Islamic Middle East…
Utopias of One
Utopias always fail, unless they only consist of one person. Even then, though they can be perfect, they come at…
Designing San Francisco: Art, Land, and Urban Renewal in the City by the Bay
When large-scale development faced San Francisco in the 1950s, formerly a low-rise city, arts professionals from graphic designers to sculptors…
